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The Pedestrian and the City
The Pedestrian and the City provides an overview and insight into the development, politics and policies on walking and pedestrians: it includes the evolution of pedestrian-friendly housing estates in the 19th century up to the present day. Key issues addressed include the struggle of pedestrianization in town centers, the attempts to create independent pedestrian footpaths and the popularity of traffic calming as a powerful policy for reducing pedestrian accidents. Hass-Klau also covers the wider aspects of urban and transport planning, especially public transport, essential for promoting a pedestrian-friendly environment. The book includes pedestrian-friendly policies and guidelines from a...
The Pedestrian and City Traffic
Distinguished planning practitioner Dr. Hass-Klau presents an insightful honest analysis of where transport planners have failed since the mid-nineteenth century to the present and how traffic ``calming'' can be applied in major British, American and German cities. He discusses the segregation of motor vehicles from pedestrians and the development of public transport as a cheap, efficient and comfortable alternative to the automobile.
Civilised Streets
Traffic calming in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden.
New Life for City Centres
This book, based on a conference organized by the Anglo-German Foundation in collaboration with Carmen Hass-Klau, a planning and transport consultant, examines solutions to the problems posed by the threat to city centres and high streets by the out-of-town shopping centres.
The Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities
First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
